Fu ship in the narrow entrance channel carefully sailing, this is a natural harbor with excellent conditions, the entrance is narrow, there are sentry posts on the rocks on both sides to walk, surrounded by mountains, is an excellent shelter, the inside is very wide, there are five ships moored in the eyes, there are several docks on the shore for Fu ships to dock, the shore is steep, rocky, there are a few guns on a hill, a flat place by the dock has built a lot of wooden houses, there are many shops, There are also some brick and stone warehouse-like buildings, people come and go outside, it looks like a small town, Song Wenxian Hei Pao and others have obviously been here many times, their expressions are calm, and Lu Donkey is looking around curiously all the way.

There were seven or eight people standing on the wooden bridge of the wharf, and a man in the lead was about thirty years old, with a long and jade body, a handsome face, and two of the entourage behind him were dressed as samurai of the Japanese Kingdom. As the ship approached, he saw that the guards were shattered, and everyone was wearing white turbans, and his face showed a different look.

The cable was thrown on the boat, and the people on the shore helped to dock the lucky boat slowly, and after setting up the anchor, the gangplank was set up, and Song Wenxian took the lead and walked down. The man who took the lead greeted Song Wenxian and asked, "Mr. Song, ...... you are?"

Song Wenxian briefly said what had happened, and the man shook his head and sighed: "We people who are begging for life at sea, it is inevitable that this day, when Uncle Zhao returned to Daming, I thought that he should be less dangerous, and it is not much to go twice a year, who knows that it is still the case." ”

Perhaps because he had seen too much life and death, the man immediately returned to normalcy and greeted the black cannon Han Bin and the others one by one, until Chen Xin walked in front of him, Song Wenxian introduced on the side: "Li Gongzi, this is the new financial deputy Chen Xin on the ship, it is rare to be both civil and military, the murderer who killed the big boss with a blade, and avenged this blood revenge for the big boss." ”

He said to Chen Xin again: "This is the owner of the private port here, Li Gongzi." ”

Chen Xin bowed and saluted: "Chen Xin has seen Li Gongzi. ”

Li Gongzi also replied: "Under Li Guozhu." Chen Cai's vice-qi is extraordinary, and it will not be a thing in the pool in the future. ”

Of course, Chen Xin would not take this polite remark seriously, smiled slightly, stepped aside, and behind Li Guozhu stood a samurai with a fierce face, and Hei Cannon and Han Bin said to him: "Brother New Guard." The man just nodded slightly, as if he had said hello.

Li Guozhu immediately arranged his own manpower to help them settle the wounded and sailors, and after he worshiped the ashes of Zhao Dong's family, he took Song Wenxian and a few people to a large compound on the mountain. When I walked to the door, I saw that it was a Chinese-style courtyard, but when I entered it, it was arranged like a Japanese country, and a long table was placed on the tatami mats, and everyone sat down in the main and guest rooms, and the new emon did not sit in the seat, sitting behind Li Guosuke.

Several maids in kimonos brought wine, and there was indeed the fragrance that Lao Cai said, but in fact, it was also a mixture of agarwood, **, etc., and the spices from Nanyang to Japan were a large trade every year. At this point, Japanese tatami is no longer a rarity, and all kinds of dishes are seafood, which makes Chen Xin feast. These people didn't say that they wanted to fast for Zhao Dong's family, and Hei Pao and the others also ate correctly. Several people ate bread and dried meat on the boat for twenty days, and they had long since faded out of the birds.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Guozhu stopped after eating a little, smiled and waited for a few people to eat for a while, and said to Song Wenxian: "How many goods did you bring this time?" ”

Song Wenxian replied: "Chen Cai's deputy office has account books, most of which are satin silk and the like, and the price is nearly 100,000 taels. If Li Gongzi still collects all of them, the price can also be less. ”

Han Bin added beside him: "There is also a Japanese ship, parked in the southern bay, and there are a lot of goods on it, which is estimated to be tens of thousands. Deputy Chen Cai, isn't it? ”

Chen Xin replied: "The second master said about it, the ship is too small to count, and there are always tens of thousands of taels. ”

The two of them said that it was already more than 100,000 taels of silver, and Li Guozhu didn't look surprised at all, and Chen Xin couldn't help but start to reassess his strength. But this place is very close to Hirado and Nagasaki, why didn't Song Wenxian enter the port to sell it himself, but let this person be a middleman.

He calculated the goods on the Fu ship, the purchase price was about 50,000 taels, listening to Song Wenxian's meaning, it should be sold for 100,000 yuan, and the profit margin was only doubled, although it was also very considerable, but it was far from being ten times as exaggerated as rumored, and when he went back from Japan, he could also bring back Japanese knives, lacquerware, folding fans, and other things, and he could also make some more money, among which the profit margin of the goods was low, but the profit of the Japanese knife could reach three times.

Li Guozhu nodded lightly, and said to Han Bin: "This time Uncle Zhao is gone, the goods on your ship are still the old rules, I will accept them all, and it will be a lot of price, don't tell others about the ship, wait for the two ships to leave in two days before entering the port, you can choose the goods to bring back in the next few days." Anyway, I have to wait for those two ships to leave, and I am not in a hurry. ”

After he finished speaking, he turned his head slightly, and instructed Shinemon behind him, "The wounded of their ship are all placed in the other courtyard. Find two doctors to take a look. Shinemon answered.

Han Bin, the annoying ghost, was very honest in front of Li Guozhu, his attitude was very respectful, and he had a flattering smile on his face, which was very different from when facing Chen Xin and others, Song Wenxian listened to Li Guozhu's words, and asked Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, there are three percent of the goods that are big bosses, and after they are sold, they are roughly 30,000 taels, do you want to buy the goods back?" ”

Chen Xin didn't expect to ask himself, and after a pause, he replied: "This matter is still up to Mr. Song and Brother Hei Pao, I just came here and don't know much, so it doesn't seem appropriate to make an idea." ”

Hei Pao said to Song Wenxian: "I'll discuss it with Brother Chen, Madame was originally reluctant to open that shop, and now that the big boss is gone, it's hard to say whether she is willing to stay in Tianjin." ”

Li Guozhu interjected: "Uncle Zhao is a ready-made way in Tianjin, this trip to pull some goods back, you can always make some money, just bring silver is really not cost-effective." Naturally, he hoped that they would take the goods with him, so that he could pay less cash.

Hei Pao was shaken in his heart when he heard this, and immediately discussed with Chen Xin, Chen Xinjian bought the money on the Fu ship into goods, and left some silver after the goods on the Zhu Yin ship were sold, so that he could make some profits, and if the lady wanted to use the money temporarily, it would not be all on the goods. Black Cannon didn't have any idea about this in the first place, so he agreed.

Han Bin saw that these two people did not discuss with him, and completely regarded himself as an outsider, he couldn't help but feel unhappy in his heart, and his face unconsciously revealed that among the resources that Zhao Dongjia had in the past, Li Guozhu was on the Japanese side, and Daming was the person behind Song Wenxian. There are many people who have ships, but there are not many people who can really do sea trade and control profits.

He flattered Li Guozhu and toasted again and again, and said: "Li Gongzi, I don't know how the person in the south is doing, if Li Gongzi wants to do it, he will definitely serve me Han Bin." ”

Li Guozhu's eyes narrowed, a cold light flashed, and Chen Xin felt that the new emon behind him also moved slightly, obviously what Han Bin said was a very sensitive issue for him. He quickly recovered his original state, rubbed the cup in his hand and said to Han Bin: "The second master has a heart, but I can only hate that person for his current power, not only colluding with the Dutch, but also snaring a group of pirates, nearly a thousand ships, I can only watch his movements at the moment, and wait for the opportunity." ”

Black Cannon said: "Although we are not Li Gongzi's subordinates now, but when Li Gongzi cleans up the portal one day, if he needs us to serve, just say hello." ”

Scar also scolded: "This surname Zheng is not a thing, I heard that Yan Siqi still liked adulterous children and beautiful men back then, and the two must have something to do." ”

Hei Pao and Han Bin and the others all laughed lewdly for a while, and Li Guozhu also smiled faintly, and said hatefully: "He first swallowed up a lot of wealth of my Li family, when my father passed away less than two months ago, Yan Siqi also died mysteriously in Xiaoliuqiu (the name of Taiwan at that time), and Zheng Yiguan led Yan Siqi's subordinates, such a coincidence, I have always suspected that there is something else hidden." ”

Chen Xin heard a few words of Zheng Yiguan, and suddenly remembered who this person was in front of him, this Li Guozhu is the son of the famous maritime merchant Li Dan in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Dan is a real legend, and also the first person to open the real stage, he was in the Philippines in his early years, was the local Chinese leader, the direct cause of the Spanish massacre of the Chinese in 1603 is said to be because of him, and was later punished as a slave on a Spanish ship, and he worked for nine years, and later escaped to Nagasaki, becoming the leading maritime merchant in East Asia, and his power is very strong. And began to emigrate and develop in Bengang, Taiwan, and the Dutch and British called him the Chinese captain (also known as Kapitan Li Dan).

Zheng Yiguan in Li Guozhu's mouth, is the more famous Zheng Zhilong, this person is Li Dan's righteous son during Japan, Zheng Zhilong was first sent to the Dutch to do interpreting, and later in Taiwan in charge of Li Dan's business in Nanyang, he is very good at doing business, and gradually reused, Li Dan fell ill on the way back to Pinghu from Taiwan in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, and died soon after arriving in Japan, Zheng Zhilong swallowed Li Dan's silver money and goods in Taiwan, Li Guozhu, Li Dan's parent, of course, was angry with this righteous son, in September of that year, Another pirate leader in Taiwan, Yan Siqi, also died inexplicably, and Zheng Zhilong was promoted to the leader of the Yan faction, but his power skyrocketed in his early twenties, laying the foundation for becoming the later maritime hegemon of East Asia.

Zheng Zhilong later defeated the Dutch on the southeast coast, allowing China to withstand this wave of Western colonization, but China did not resist the more backward and barbaric colonists from the north.

If you exclude the factor that he is Zheng Chenggong's father, Chen Xin has no special admiration or dislike for him. But now after living in the same era, if you want to do maritime trade, you must deal with this person, according to the history that Chen Xin knows, Zheng Zhilong is not all smooth sailing, until he is recruited, he still has to fight with the original group of accomplices along the coast of Fujian for a few years before he can establish his hegemony. And I don't know him, but Li Guozhu in front of him is a ready-made connection, Li Dan has been operating in Japan for many years, has a lot of influence and influence, and it is not something that Zheng Zhilong can deal with casually now, how to do it is most beneficial to himself.

Chen Xin was silent, listening to the conversation of several people in his ears, and thinking quickly.